Stop for multiple operated fastener closures



May. 23, 1933. G JOHNSON 1,910,953

STOP FOR MULTIPLE OPERATED FASTENER CLOSURES Filed July 29, 1951 Patented May 23, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUSTAV JOHNSON, OF WEST BOXBUBY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED-CARR FASTENER CORPORATION, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS STOP FOR MULTIPLE OYERATED FASTENE'R' GLOSURES Application filed July 29, 1931. Serial No. 553,772.

My invention aims to provide improvements in multiple operated fastener, closures and particularly improvements in end stops constructed to permit removal of theslider when desirable.

In the drawing which illustrates preferred embodiments of my invention Figure 1 is a plan view of one end of a pair of stringers closed by multiple operated fasteners, my improved stop members and a slider being shown in normal use;

Fig. 2 is a view of the parts shown in Figure 1, but showing the slider in cross-section and in engagement with the end stops;

Fig. 3 is a view of the parts shown in Fig. 2, but showing the manner in which the slider may be removed;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is an edge view of the stop having the pivoted, part carried thereby.

My invention is particularly useful in connection with multiple operated fasteners and is more specifically directed to improvements in so-called top stop members which normally prevent the slider from pulling entirely free from the fastener members secured to stringers. In connection with multiple 0perated fasteners, it has been found desirable to permit removal of the slider from both stringers for various reasons. In some instances it has been found that the sliders have become damaged and therefore it is necessary to remove the damaged slider and replace it with a new one.

Referring to the particular combination of elements illustrated by the drawing, I have shown portions of a pair of stringers 1 and 2 to adjacent edges of which are attached the usual series of separable fastening members 3 in combination with a suitable slider 4 for engaging and disengaging the fastener members 3. Adjacent to the upper end of the series of fastening members 3 on the stringer 2 I have attached a simple U- shaped sheet metal member 5 clamped to opposite sides of the stringer adjacent to the inner edge thereof and secured thereto by rivets 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. This member 5 is of suitable dimensions to permit passage through'the slider 4. On the other stringer 1 I have also secured a U-shapcd member 7 substantially identical with the member 5 secured to the stringer 2. To this member 7 I have pivotally secured, to one of the rivets 6, a stop member 8 which is also U-shaped in cross-section and conforms with the member 7. This member 8 is so shaped and arranged that when it is in the position shown in Fig. 1 the loop portion 9 thereof may enter the slider (Fig. 2) so that the upper edge of the slider may contact with the shoulder 10, thereby limiting the upward movement of the slider relative to the fastener members 3. It will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 2 that when all the fastenin members 3 are engaged and the slider is 1n its furthermost normal posi tion when the fastener members 3 are engaged there are a number of the fastening members 3 located within the slider 4. Therefore the fastening members cannot accidentally become disengaged when the slider is in that position.

If it becomes necessary to disengage the slider entirely from the installation the stop member 8 may be swung about its pivot 6 from a position shown in Fig. 2 to a positlon shown in Fig. 3. This removes the shoulder 10 to a position where it will not prevent manipulation of the slider into a position shown in Fig. 3, thereby permitting the member 5 to be removed laterally from the slider and thereafter tipping and moving the slider upwardly to remove it from the member 7. The tipping and upward movement of the slider relative to the part 7 is necessary because the part 8 prevents sufiicient upward movement relative to the part 7 to permit lateral removal. It is obvious that unless there is suflicient relative movement some of the fastening members 3 will remain within the slider and under such conditions it would be impossible to remove the slider by a straight sidewise movement.

While the pivotifor the part 8 is arranged insuch a manner that the upper edge of the slider engages the shoulder 10 at apoint with relation to the pivot, that upward movement of the slider tends to hold the part 8 in the position shown in Figs. 1 and :2. However, I have provided a sort of snap fastening means to hold the member 1n the position shown in those figures. This snap fastening means'is provided partly by a sort of head 11 "(Figs 2 and 3) formed adjacent to the folded over portion of the part 7 and partly by forming the portion 9 of the member 8 so that it will snap over the head 11, as best shown in Fig. 4. This bead 11 extends only part way along the folded portion of the member 7 so that it will not interfere with the removal of the slider, as shown in Fig. 3. The bead 11 also serves as a guiding means to regulate the tipping action of the slider when being engaged with and disengaged from the member 7. It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 2 that the member 5 engages the last fastening member 3 of the series secured to the stringer 1 when the fastening means is entirely closed, thereby aiding in holding the fastening members within the slider in interlocking engagement and preventing disengagement until' such time as the member 8 has been moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 when it is intended to permit passage of the member 5 laterally from the slider. In this manner any jam which would prevent the slider from moving toward the opening end of the installation can be corrected by merely pulling the fasteners apart by hand after the member 5 has been pulled outwardly from the slider. Thereafter the slider may be moved to the opening end of the installation where it is ina position to be 'moved toward the closing end, thereby automatically bringing together in the proper manner the fastener members 3 on each stringer. The so-called stop member 5 is not in fact a stop member but is provided more or less for the purpose of having a symmetrical installation. The member 5 is further useful because it is readily adapted to pass outwardly laterally through the slot in the side of the slider.

\Vhile I have illustrated and described a particular form of my invention operating in a specific manner and constructed to cooperate to produce a given result, I do not wish to be limited thereby, because the scope of my invention is best defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent.- edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a memberattached to one stringer at the closing end of the stringers for limiting the closing movement of said slider, said member having a movable stop portion so formed and positioned as to engage the slider in one position therof to limit its movement relative to the stringers while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit separation of the stringers when said movable portion is in another position.

\ 2. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider 0perable lon itudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a pair of members at the closing end of the stringers, one of said members having a stop means for limiting the movement of said slider in one direction relative to said stringers, the other of said members being thin enough to pass through the slider when desired, said first mentioned member having pivotally mounted movable stop means engaging the slider in one position of said movable means to prevent passage of the second mentioned member through the slider while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit removal of the second mentioned member when said movable stop means is in another position.

I 3. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair' of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a pair of members at least one of which has means for limiting the movement of said slider in one direction relative to said stringers, one of'said members being attached to one of said stringers adjacent to one end of a series of fasteners and being small enough to pass through the slider when desired, the other member being attached to the other stringer opposite the first one and having movable stop means adapted to engage the slider in one position of said movable stop means to prevent passage of the first mentioned member through the slider while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit removal of the first mentioned member when said movable stop means is in another position and means provided by the second mentioned member whereby the slider may be entirely removedfrom the stringers if desirable.

4. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a pair of members at least one of which has means for limiting the movement of said slider in one direction relative to said stringers, one of said members being attached to one of said stringers adjacent to one end of a series of fasteners and being small enough to pass through the slider when desired, the other member being attached to the other stringer opposite the first one and having pivotally rhounted movable stop means adapted to engage the slider in one position of said movable means to prevent passage of the first mentioned member through the slider while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit removal of the first mentioned member when said movable stop means is in another position and means provided by the second mentioned member whereby the slider may be entirely removed from the stringers il' desirable.

5. In a multiple operated fastening means,

r a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider oper able longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to'engage and disengage them and a pair of members at least one of which has means for hunting the movement of said slider in one direction relative to said stringers, one of said members being attached to one of said stringers adjacent to one end of a series of fasteners and being small enough to pass through the slider when desired, the other member being attached to the other stringer opposite the first one and having movable stop means adapted to engage the slider in one position of said movable stop means to prevent passage of the first mentioned member through the slider while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit removal of the first mentioned member when said movable stop means is in another position and grooves provided by the second mentioned member whereby the slider may be entirely removed from the stringers if-desirable.

6. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on ad jacent edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a pair of members at least one'of which has means for limiting the movement of said slider in one direction relative to said stringers, one of said members being attached to one of said stringers adjacent to one end of a series of fasteners and being small enough to pass through the slider when desired, the other member being attached to the other stringer opposite the first one and having pivotally'mounted movable stop means adapted to engage the slider in one position of said movable stop means to prevent passage of the first mentioned member through the slider while permitting additional movement of the slider to permit removal of the first mentioned member when said movable stop means is in another position, means provided by the second mentioned member whereby the slider may be entirely removed from the stringers if desirable and blocking means formed as part of said movable stop means and adapted to be positioned to permit or prevent removal of said slider.

7. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a member attached to one of said stringers adjacent to the dos ing end of a series of fasteners and having mounted thereon a pivotally mounted stop member movable in a plane parallel to the plane of the stringers and adapted to engage the slider to limit the movement of the slider relative to the stringers when said pivotally mounted stop member is in one position while being adapted to be moved to another position to permit additional movement of the slider for removal of the slider from the stringers.

8. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers, series of fasteners on adjacent edges of the stringers, a slider operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners to engage and disengage them and a member attached to one of said stringers adjacent to the closing end of a series of fasteners and having mounted thereon a pivotally mounted stop movable in a plane parallel to the plane of the stringers and adapted to engage the slider to limit the movement of the slider relative to the stringers when said pivotally mounted stop is in one position while being adapted to be moved to another position to permit additional movement of the slider for removal of the slider from the stringers and separation of the stringers from the closing end, and means cooperating between the member and the pivotally mounted stop for holding the pivotally mounted stop in one position relative to said member.

9. In a multiple operated fastening means, a pair of stringers 1 and 2, a series of fasteners 3 secured to adjacent edges of the stringers 1 and 2, a slider 4 operable longitudinally relative to said stringers over the fasteners 3 to engage and disengage them, a Ushaped member 7 attached to one of said stringers adjacent to the closing end of a series of fasteners 3 and a member 8 pivotally mounted upon said member 7 and providing a stop for the slider 4 as and for the purposes illustrated and described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GUSTAV JOHNSON. 

